Corn crib or like



June 1s, 1957 R. D. HARBRTS 2,796,156

CORN CRIB OR LIKE Filed Sept. 2, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 18, 1957 R. D. HARBERTS 2,796,156

' CORN CRIB 0R LIKE Filed Sept.A 2. 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 www; b mfg@ @fp/p@ fj c'l'orngg United States Patent 2,796,156 Patented June 18, 1957 CORN CRIB OR LIKE Richard D. Harberts, Sibley, Iowa Application September 2, 1954, Serial No. 453,727

3 Claims. (Cl. 189-3) This invention relates to mesh buildings and more particularly to corn cribs and the like.

Corn cribs have been in use for many years and are necessary in the holding and drying of ear corn. Usually the crib is made of slotted wood. Obviously such abuilding is ditlicult to build, requires considerable construction .time, 'should 'be vpainted and `is costly. Also it deteriorates Irapidly and retains moisture which is detrimental to the corn being held. Some elort has been made to use wire mesh for the side -or sides of the crib, but herebefore Vsuch structures are not sufficiently strong and are difficult to erect.

Therefore, the principal object of my -invention is to provide a wire mesh corn or like crib ,that is easily assembled and erected for use.

A further object of this invention i-s to provide a metal mesh crib that comes in prefabricated sections 'that are lockable together to form the crib sides, thereby making for rapid assembly, the saving of time and elimination of skilled help.

A still further object of my invention is t-o provide a metal mesh corn crib that is strong and when once erected, will not become distorted from the weight of the ear corn therein.

A still further `object of thi-s invention is to provide a prefabricated metal mesh corn crib that is economical in manufacture, durable in use, and refined in appearance.

These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangements, and combination, of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth, specifically pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a side View of my crib, assembled and ready for use,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of the side of my crib illustrating how the sections are secured together both horizontally and vertically,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of the crib showing how two sections are horizontally secured together,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the horizontal fastening means taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is an exploded view of the device and more fully illustrates its const-ruction and assembly.

For the base, I take a circular ring 10, which is L- shaped in cross section to form the horizontal flange portion 11, and the inner vertical ilange portion 12 as shown in Fig. 5. This ning may be of one continuous piece or in sections. The diameter of this base ring however determines the ydiameter -of the building to be erected.

The sides of the crib comprise a plurality of arcuate metal wire or rod mesh sections 13. These sections 13 have their side edges curved, i. e., the horizontal wire or rod lengths 14 will have their two end portions curved as shown in Fig. 3. In the drawings I show their left ends curved inwardly and their right ends curved outwardly. Thus, when any two sections 13 are placed in overlapping condition with the inner curved edge outside the outer curved edge, a space 15 will be created, and these spaces will provide a vertical passageway the entire side of the two adjacent mesh sections. Therefore, by passing a fastening rod 16 downwardly through this vertical passageway the two mesh sections will be detachably secured together. Obviously by the use of such a rod between each two adjacent mesh sections, an entire continuous circular mesh wall will lbe created. With such a mesh belt resting on the base rim portion 11 the rods will all also rest on this base, and be limited thereby from downward sliding movement. To detachably secure the mesh belt to the base, I have used bars 17 at the outside of the mesh sections with .the mesh sections between the ange 12 and bars 17, and with a bolt means 18 extending through each bar 17 and the flange 12, as shown in Fig. 2. Each section 13 has its two side' edges terminating in a vertical strand ,so as to strengthen the curved ends of the horizontal strands 14. Also these vertical end strands engage their opposite number as shown in Fig. 3, and aid in locking the sections together and against lateral movement. On the top of the mesh belt thus formed, l mount a metal ring 19 which is like the base rim 1t?, except it is turned over to bring its horizontal ange 29 above the top edge of the mesh belt, and its vertical downwardly extending ilange 21, inside the top portion of the mesh belt as shown in Fig. 2. The top of the mesh belt is fastened to this top rigid ring in the same manner that its bottom is secured to the rigid base ring 10, i. e., by bars 22 and bolt means 23. With the ring 19 in place, its horizontal flange 20 will extend over the tops of the rods 16, and thereby limit their upward sliding movement. It the building yor crib i-s to be only one belt mesh high, a top roof is placed on the ring 19. Usually the crib or like will comprise at least two mesh belts as shown in Fig. l. When this is the case, upwardly extending, spaced apart flange lugs 24 are fixed on the top of the rim 19, thereby providing an installation for the upper mesh belt, which is a duplicate of the lower mesh belt. This second mesh belt is designated by the numeral 2S and has its bottom rest-ing on the rim flange portion 2i), and the vertical flange lugs 24 inside the same. The upper mesh belt 25 is fastened at its bottom to the rim ring 19 in the usual way, i. e., bars 26 are at the louter side of the mesh belt and a bolt 27 extends through each of the bars and a ange lug 23. After the crib has been built up to the height desired, a top roof 2S is placed on the same.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of my corn crib or like without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims, any modied forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim.

l. In a corn crib or like, a base rim having an upwardly extending flange and a horizontal flange, a continuous mesh wall resting on the horizontal ange of said base rim and having its bottom edge portion adjacent the upwardly extending flange of said base rim; said continuous mesh wall made up of a plurality of mesh sections; each of said sections having one side edge portion bent to curve outwardly and its other side edge portion bent to curve inwardly so that when any two sections have their side edges overlapping a vertical passageway is provided, a vertical rod detachably slidably positioned in each of the said vertical passageways created by the overlapping of said sections for locking said sections to each other; said rods limited in their downward sliding movement by engagement with the horizontal flange of said base rim, a rigid flanged rim on the top rim of said mesh wall and acting as a limiting means for the upward slidlng movement of said rods, and a bolt means for connecting vsaid last mentioned rigid anged rim to the top of said mesh wall.

2. In a corn crib or the like, an angulated base ring having an upwardly extending liange and an outwardly extending horizontal iiange, an angulated top ring vertically spaced from the base ring an-d concentric therewith, said top ring having an outwardly extending horizontal ange and a depending vertical ange, a continuous mesh wall between said rings, said mesh wall including a plurality of mesh sections having upper and lower sides in abutting engagement with the horizontal anges on said spaced lrings so as to be conned therebetween, each of said sections having one side edge portion bent to curve outwardly and its opposite side'edge portion bent to curve inwardly so that when the edges of two adjacent sections are overlapped, the curved portions coact to form a vertical passageway extending between the spaced rings, and a straight vertically disposed fastening rod slidably positioned in said vertical passageway for connecting adjacent mesh sections together, the horizontal flanges on said spaced rings overlapping the adjacent ends of the fastening rod so as to abut the same and provide means for limiting the vertical movement of the rod and the accidental withdrawal of the rod from the corn crib when the parts are assembled.

3. In a corn crib or the like, an angulate-d base ring having an upwardly extending ange and an outwardly extending horizontal flange, an angulated top ring vertically spaced from the base ring and concentric therewith, said top ring having an outwardly and `laterally eXtending horizontal ange and a depending vertical liange, a continuous mesh wall between said rings, said mesh Wall including a plurality of mesh sections having upper and lower sides in abutting engagement with the horizontal anges on said spaced rings so as to be confined therebetween, each of said sections having one side edge portion bent to curve outwardly and its opposite side edge portion bent to curve inwardly so that when the edges of two adjacent sections are overlapped, the curved portions coact to form a vertical passageway extending between the spaced rings, a straight vertically disposed fastening rod slidably positioned in said vertical passageway for connecting adjacent mesh sections together, the horizontal anges on said spaced rings overlapping the ends of the fastening rod so as to abut the same and provide means for limiting the vertical movement of the rod and the accidental withdrawal of the -rod from the corn crib when the parts are assembled, the upper and lower end portions of the mesh wall overlapping the vert-ical anges of the spaced rings, and clamping means for connecting the overlapped end portions of the mesh wall to the vertical flanges of the rings.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,222,516 Beegle Apr. l0, 1917 2,359,908 Glantzer Oct. l0, 1944 2,571,753 Pennington Oct. 16, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS 50,543 France Dec. 26, 1940 (Addition to No. 846,520) 668,134 Great Britain Mar. l2, 1952 

